bluntness

Example Sentences

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His bluntness is something that Benito Rubino, a 21-year-old volunteer with the campaign, likes.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“Far from it,” he said with uncharacteristic bluntness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

“Squid Game,” for all its bluntness, tries to hold up a mirror to the real world, where a cursory look around lets us know how little society values the lives of women and children.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

A lot of people “don’t really understand what he did,” Spencer said with characteristic bluntness in another interview on the eve of a 2011 presidential debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

“Well, Richard Wright, here’s your speech,” he said with smooth bluntness and shoved a stack of stapled sheets across his desk.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright